Eric Gilliland is Leaving WABA

FABB has the scoop, Eric Gilliland, WABA Executive Director, announced his resignation today, effective April 2, 2010.

He's accepted the position of executive director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). NACTO recently initiated Cities for Cycling which will "catalog, promote and implement the world's best bicycle transportation practices in American municipalities."

Congratulations to Eric. Wishing him the best of luck as he continues to advocate for safe, comfortable, and convenient cycling.

Photo by BikePortland

Comments

[Contrarian]

I nominate WashCycle to replace him!

[Eric_W.]

I second that!

If I had known, I would have thanked him on Sunday for his work at WABA and wished him good luck in his new job!

[CyclingFool]

You two beat me to the punch on the nomination!

Best of luck to Eric G!

[washcycle]

Thanks, but it won't happen. As I say often, you can launch satellites at work and advocate for bikes in your spare time, but you can't do the opposite. And I do love launching the satellites. In fact, I just found out I'm going to be working on my first deep space mission, which I'm pretty excited about.

[Eric_W.]

Well, that's unfortunate but understandable. Let's hope WABA will find a good new Executive Director!

[Onenightlemonadestand.wordpress.com]

Wow, good luck Eric! Lots of great improvements in the last six years since he was ED.

[Michael H.]

Wait, you can't launch bikes? I thought I saw them do that on "Mythbusters" once. LOL

Congrats to Eric on his new job.

[Eric]

Thanks a lot everyone. While I will certainly missing working as directly with many of you, I'm excited about the new position. I am also confident that WABA will continue to be a highly effective advocate for better bicycling in the future.

[Richard Layman]

Congratulations definitely.